Fruit holder



AMgn'zh 4, 1930. E. D; @g1-@CHER 1,749,224

Y VFRUIT HOLDER Filed Deo. 29, 1928 ATTORNEY lkate'xiited Mar; 4, 1930 Tworfuror f "eolvrai, orv YORK, Y.,

i #ravir inornrn Appncatiqniiaheeeniber aaasaaseriai no. 329,187.

Y invention relatesl to devicessfor re# oeivingsand holding fruit orVegetables vdur-- rving their travel,through va treating appa- -ratus:Specifically invention 4is well c :5t-'adapted A-for-holdifngpimi'entosand like iruit'v f Vor Vegetables vr'While"the'yarelbei-ng conveyed Y Y v through iafsingeing'furnace, and it will kbetparticularly described ias embodied `tor that fanoyalfotthe skinU oftgheQpiiniento, now :m use, have 4:anffreo-ntinnous chain with ftheEtruit holders thereon 'running through an roven at/rthe'feorrectspeedto effect thesinge-l 1ing Tof the 'fskin 'without Vil'ijuring the, fruitjitseli'.V ln one forin, the fpi-mientojholders v have protruding jawsover whic'hthe pre- Wiouslyfored "pi-miento Vis :placed [and whichtoagrip the :inside :of the pimiento.V

ffrequehtljy Afalls v'off these, holders before its iA.`travelthroii'ghf the .'ur'nace iscompleted, and.

Lit isY xfound that `th'is is usually-becausethe pimiento wasb'not:originally properly placed y, over the contracted jaws andfheld thereuntil r fln'aecordancewith 'nifygiinvention @pro-1 y videa 1 guide whichfdirects the fruit over :the

3o? f, 'be correctly.jgrippedby the aws, and which contracted fjafws so:ast'o assure that it will *cooperates with ther-jaws in retaining the Av "ruitffsecurely,-onftheffholder )untiflthe jaws' f. fare ,.'contracted`and the fruit is 4*removed 135 therefrom either lby gravity Yor byfsome ep osil gtive agency. In rone nembodiment which yhas u '.:proveny,satisfastony, particularly fin Lkconnecwtionwith pini-lentos,tlieg'u-ide comprises a "eonicalyeore :supported by aA rodffrigidlysereared to -thfe KLJruitwhold'er.4 This Acore is. T*sub- .fstantia'llfylthe shape of fthe interior 'et the f plaedjfromrthe head 'fof theholder yso tiat ythe @jawsfext'end finto fa jffruit,l plaeed 'thereovenbetween the head ajndithe core. Thewi-d ofthejawsf their .retracted.po-y`s'tii adesubst'tiallyYequal to the di- Y yaineterfofthebase of thecore', and therefore vjaws and on to the head. Y y

o teont'ractf5to y'receigye fthe jpimiento and expand .2o 'ln'=,p,latce,it :found that the .pimiento p l t the core positively guides the fruitoverthe ,n `Adetailed description-of one embodiment of v.the inventionywill be lgiven in connection with the'drawings in which:

Fig` lis a sideelevation showing the ianner'in which the holders aremounted upon aconveyor;` j' A l Fig. 2 is a' section on the line 2-2of-Fig.-l Figzis a plan view-of aholderas shown In theembodimentillustrated, I tprovide a .casting denoted generally `,by l which V'hasva biiurcated flange 2 for attaching the same lto a ch'ainconveyor, asomewhat rectangu- -lar top portion 3 hayingtmaohined ythereon and yextending .from 'the upper tace thereof, a circular boss, orhead@whichp'has a'diameter 'substantially the V-sarne `as the openingieutinto apimientoand over whieh a pimiento l'may be placed. y'Arrangedadjaeent this `headandaround the outer periphery thereof is a ledgenlowerlin 'heightand entendi-ng only slightly above the uppersur-face'of the '-top :portion 3. This .ledge serves yas a stop zor-re'stupon which 2the pimiento, ywhen fplacedin invertedfposition uponthe head 4, rests. The top portion 3 furtherfproyided with extensions@'ufr-0in the opposite sides thereof and ,provided\vith ..pivot holes 7jfor vreceiving pivot vpins 8 'upon vwliich'the' jaws or lingers 9 arepivoted.A The bifurcated flange 2y depending from the ,portion yextendslaterally toria substantial Vdistance on opposite'sides thereofalnd lisarcuate upon its lower-edge. f Immediately below the upthe cut-awayvportion of the f Q hereinfbefforereierred to for-"enagement with .afeamwtrak, Q nFormedfinterniedi-atetlie endslof 'thef1.1fand'laboyethejcenter of gravity Lof the enti-re,pivotalrnemberfsoithat i-nthe nority draws the cam shoes apart and thejaws 9 together in a retracted or released position, is a lug portion`13 bored to Vreceive the pivot pin 8. The pivot pin 8 cooperates withthe previously mentioned pivot holes 7 inrv the extensions 6 forpivotally supporting the member 11. i v

.The eXtensionsG on the top portion 3 are provided, in this instance, topermit a spacedV 'relation between the membersy 11 for the receptiontherebetween of a rod 14 which carries the conical core 15. The rod 141s rigidly secured to the top portion 1 by means of the two pins 16and17, and the core 15 is rigidly secured tothe other end thereof.V

*,'The core 15 is vmade to conforinjsubstantially to the interior of thecored fruit or vegetable to be carried.' '.In this instance it takes thefrusto-conical shape shownwhich conforms tov that of the interior of acored pimiento. Channels 18 are provided along the surface of the .corerunning parallel toY the llongitudinal axis thereof. These channels 18facilitate the placing of a pimiento tliereover. The diameter of thebase of the core is made equal to the distance between the outer tips ofthe jaws9 in the retracted position and thus the core Vserves to spreadthe pimiento and'positively guide it over thev retracted grippingfingers and on to the head y4 as it is presseddown over the holder'.

A U-'shaped member 19vis provided for f housing the chain conveyor20,`the upper side f arms 21 and 22`providing a cam track for theactuation of the gripping fingers 9 through the medium of the cam shoesor followers 12 y"and arms 1l. `The control ofthe gripping fingers 9 isaccomplished by varying the distance between the camtracks, the tracksconverging to expand the fingers and divergingk to permit the force ofgravity to retract the lingers. The housing 19 is supported upon atubular support 23 which may be connected to a supply of cold water (notshown) for cooling purposes.

In practice, Vthe supporting headsare used in multiple7 being attachedto an endless conveyor. For this reas-on; the bifurcated web` y2hereinbefore referred to is providedwith a kpivotal connection 'to' alink 24 which' may, if desired, be connected to the conveyor at. a A

, plurality ofpointsas25` and 26.

` In the operation ofthe-device, as the holder r approaches vthe furnacea pimiento is placed thereover, the core 15 guiding the pimiento v overthe retracted jaws 9 and onto the boss or head 1. .The cams21anld 22convergeas the holder approaches the furnace, pressing the cam shoes 12together,'swinging the arms 11 on their pivots 13, thereby separatingthe Y lingers tograspthepimiento firmly.- :Theil cams remain,conver,';edV during the passage of v the holderthrough the -furnace and at theopposite endthey diverge, releasing the shinesy 12-wl1`ich fall out-Wardby theforce of grav- 'sa'id head.

ity acting thereon to retract the fingers 9 and release the pimiento. fThe pimiento may then Y be removed by'hand or by the force of gravitywhen the holder assumes an inverted po- .y l l sition during its returntravel on a chain conl veyor moving ink a vertical plane;` |he removalof the pimiento clears theholder and asit swings into Van uprightposition itis yreadyto receive another'pimiento as before.

It is obvious that various changes may be tion should be construed inthel scope of the y appended claims.

Iclaim; f Y if 1 "A`fruit holder foruse in fruit treating Y apparatuscomprising a head' adapted to sup-- port a previously cored fruitthereover; mov- Y able fingers adapted to extend intothe fruit Y ronsaid head yand engage; theV inner surface;

thereof to frictionally hold thefruitonsaid vhead,and means vtoguide thefruit 'over `said over said lingers and on to I A 3. A fruit holder foryuse in affruit treati ying apparatus coivnprisi'ng a head adapted tosupport apreviously cored fruit thereover',

movableiingers extending abovejsaid head 1 and into said fruit, a corevertically displaced from said head and above said fingers, the diameterof the base of said core vbeing sub-4 in their retracted position. v 4.A fruit holderfor use' in a fruit 'treating apparatus comprising a headadapted to stantiallvequal to the spread of said fingersvl`r i rsupporta previously coredfruit thereover, av 7 110 f rod secured-to saidhead'ladapted to support..` ay core thereon, movablev lingers extending saidfruit to frictionally hold the fruit lon said head, said core servingtoguide theV fruit over said fingers and on to saidhead.

ing apparatus comprising' a head adaptedto support ap'reviously cored.'fruit thereover, a

ledge around the outer periphery thereof and adapted to cooperatetherewith',a rod cen-- trally secured to said headhaving VaCoresebetween said head land said core and into y A 115 i i i. 5. Afruit holder for use'in a fruit treatf,` i

cured thereto, movablefingers'extending be- V. tween said head and saidcore and adapted to enter said fruit to frictionally hold the fruit ,fr

on said head. 1 v

i testimony whereof Ialfix my'signature'.

EDWIN D. osrifiorinn. f

r Y. i Y V made in the specific construction of the illusf.

1 trated embodiment andtherefore the 'inven-l

